Basic American Sign Language ClassDate: June 5, 2019 – August 7, 2019 (class meets on Wednesday night)Time: 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.Location: Health and Wellness Center at Paraquad, 5200 Berthold Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110Cost: $100More information: The Basic American Sign Language Class teaches that ASL is a visual-gestural language with its own syntax and grammar. The instructor will seek to encourage students to think in signs instead words. The instructor and students focus more on functions of everyday interactions that range from inviting someone to sit down to more abstract communication like starting a conversation or storytelling. An additional bonus to the non-verbal, conceptual approach is a learning and understanding of Deaf culture.